Cooke v. Town of Orange
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit for money due for the building of a bridge by the plaintiff as receiver of The Watson Manufacturing Company; brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County.
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Assumpsit for money due for the building of a bridge by the plaintiff as receiver of The Watson Manufacturing Company; brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County. The defendants pleaded in abatement that the suit could not be maintained by the plaintiff, inasmuch as the Watson Manufacturing Company was a corporation located in the state of New Jersey, and the plaintiff’s authority as receiver of the company was derived wholly from an appointment made by the courts of that state. To this plea the plaintiff demurred, and the court held it insufficient. The defendants then filed a…
1Opinion of the CourtPark, C. J.
The only real question in this case is, in regard to the capacity of the plaintiff to maintain the suit; and this question has been substantially determined by the cases of Pond v. Cooke, 45 Conn., 126, and Blake Crusher Co. v. Town of New Haven, 46 Conn., 473.
In the case of Pond v. Cooke it appeared that the Watson Manufacturing Company, a corporation located in the state of New Jersey, made a contract. with the towns of New Haven and Orange for the construction of an iron bridge over West River, a stream of water dividing the-two towns; that after the contract was made and before any thing…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Upton v. HubbardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1859
- Riley v. RileyU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut · 1808
- Pond v. CookeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1877
- Hedenberg v. HedenbergSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1878
- Blake Crusher Co. v. Town of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1878
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- Cohen v. La VinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
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